The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices | Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!::Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!

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    11 months ago

    Arrrrrr! That’s what I’m feeling right now. I’ve come full circle. As a poor college student I found ways. Now as normal middle class family man… I’ll find ways.

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        11 months ago

        Yes, that describs it accurately.

        Corps screwing over its users should not be news anymore but a norm.

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            11 months ago

            I truly appreciate this idea. However, consumerism fucked society and people are preferring to live for their belongings rather the other way around.

            Also, an average person will not give up comfort and step outside their bubbles.

            Sad.

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    11 months ago

    I’m old enough to remember when we were promised cable TV would be ad free too.

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      11 months ago

      Been sailing the high seas since the battle of Napster. Recently started looking for a suitable port for my frigate, but it seems that the wind is up again, so might as well just keep going.

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    11 months ago

    There is a Pod Save America interview with Adam Conover that discusses this notion, among other things.

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    11 months ago

    This exact article was posted here 16 hours ago: https://lemmy.world/post/3034605

    This bot should see when a link has already been posted and not duplicate it. Similarly, some kind of automod should prevent the same article being posted twice.